Hannah's Prior Knowledge About Chemicals: A Case Study of One Fourth-Grade Child

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-108

  Bretz, Stacey Lowery ^a   Emenike, Mary Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84904747867     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2011.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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